"He's got a good engine and a decent boxing brain but he leads with his head. Anyone who's a clever fighter will clip him because his head, and his chin, are up. Throw a big overhand right or a left hook, and you'll do him.

"If Joyce got in the ring with me, I would destroy him."

Olympic silver-medal winner Joyce, who is promoted by Haye, told Sky Sports before his most recent win that he is "at that level" alongside Whyte.

He waited for the good amateurs, like Anthony Joshua, to go through. He just wasn't good enough.

Dillian Whyte on Joe Joyce

"Just like David Haye, Joyce is very deluded. That's why they get on so well," Whyte added.